MediaTek CEO confirms October launch window for Dimensity 9400

In a quote to Commercial Times MediaTek CEO Cai Lixing says the company plans to unveil its new Dimensity 9400 flagship SoC in October. It is around when Qualcomm intends to show off its Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, although the exact release dates of both chips remain unknown. The CEO adds MediaTek will continue its partnership with Nvidia in the automotive sector, but has not hinted if it be expanded to the smartphone SoC segment.

Furthermore, the MediaTek Dimensity 9400 might arrive with a 40% more powerful NPU compared to the Dimensity 9300 (48 TOPS). This, combined with Samsung's 10.7 Gbps LPDDR5X RAM, should allow OEMs to run computationally intensive AI tasks on device. Gaming performance also stands to benefit from the extra memory firepower.

MediaTek is also planning to make devices powered by its silicon available in more markets such as the US, which will soon get a Dimensity 9300+ powered Galaxy Tab S10+ and Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra. It remains to be seen if any Dimensity 9400-powered phones land in the region, and the only chance of that happening is if Samsung uses the SoC on the Galaxy S25 series as previously rumoured.

Performance-wise, the rumour mill is divided about the Dimensity 9400's capabilities. While it stands to gain tangible benefits from TSMC's N3E node, one faction insists it could trade blows, and even outperform Qualcomm' Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 thanks to its Cortex-X925 CPU core, while the other says Qualcomm's Nuvia cores will reign supreme. Like its last-gen counterpart, the Dimensity 9400 is tipped carry forward its all-P core design.